The nitty gritty of life as a first-time mommy. Everything but the kitchen sink.

Are we Dreaming?

Bryan came home tonight and said he drove home thinking, “Man, I’m married and I have a kid.” And he had to pinch himself, because its still so hard to believe some days. Which made me automatically think of the song, ‘Once in a Lifetime’ by Talking Heads. It took us a few moments to name the band, even though both of us are huge fans. Bryan even mistakenly thought that the Talking Heads box set in the living room have always been his. I simply shook my head. Then he believed I gave him them along with a few other Cd’s one Christmas. I had to actually think back on that one. But no, thebox set is still mine. However, since we’re married, I let him believe it’s always been his. Because that’s what you do when you’re married.

I have to agree with Bryan about the reality of our ‘new’ lives though, we’ve experienced a whirlwind in the last year that has accumulated from fourteen years of knowing one another. For those that don’t know our story, let me elaborate for just a moment. (To those who can sing our story in Latin, please bare with me.)

Bryan and I met working at a local grocery store, called Food City. 14 years ago. We were dating by that October. I was a senior in high school. We were in a car wreck together. October 28, 1994. We stopped dating but remained semi-friends. Bryan moved to Blacksburg. I stayed in Marion. In 1997, I moved to Blacksburg. Bryan and I are better friends. In 1998, I leave for Houston, Bryan leaves for Myrtle Beach. We lose touch. Fast forward to Christmas 2002. We run into one another back home and start corresponding via the tele. This continues for 3 years, with a few visits in between. I move to Myrtle Beach in February 2005. Bryan proposes September 2006 in Miami while on vacation together. We plan a wedding for October 2007. We paint our upstairs bedroom Duke Blue in July 2007. We lose a tree in August 2007. We find out I am one month pregnant in August 2007. We get married in October 2007, me 3 months pregnant. We vacation in the Riviera Mayan, Mexico; me 3 months pregnant. December 2007 we buy an Envoy. April 6, 2008 at 7:43 p.m. Garrett is born. Our lives as we know it are forever changed.

You can pinch me, but I know I’m not dreaming. At least not anymore.

I love how we got here and I love that its a ‘Once in a Lifetime’ feeling that we both get from all of this. And I’m pretty darn sure Bryan feels the same exact way. Not only because he told me so, but because he shows me. Every. Single. Day.

In Honor of that feeling we share:

And you may find yourself living in a shotgun shackAnd you may find yourself in another part of the worldAnd you may find yourself behind the wheel of a large automobileAnd you may find yourself in a beautiful house, with a beautiful WifeAnd you may ask yourself-well…how did I get here? Letting the days go by, let the water hold me downLetting the days go by, water flowing undergroundInto the blue again, after the moneys goneOnce in a lifetime, water flowing underground.And you may ask yourself -How do I work this? And you may ask yourself-Where is that large automobile? And you may tell yourself-This is not my beautiful house!And you may tell yourself This is not my beautiful wife!Letting the days go by, let the water hold me downLetting the days go by, water flowing undergroundInto the blue again, after the moneys goneOnce in a lifetime, water flowing underground.Same as it ever was…same as it ever was…same as it ever was…Same as it ever was…same as it ever was…same as it ever was…Same as it ever was…same as it ever was…Water dissolving…and water removingThere is water at the bottom of the oceanCarry the water at the bottom of the oceanRemove the water at the bottom of the ocean!Letting the days go by, let the water hold me downLetting the days go by, water flowing undergroundInto the blue again, in the silent waterUnder the rocks and stones, there is water underground.(I ommited the last lines because it doesn’t pertain to us) 😉